opossum
Opossum can refer to small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails or nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America.
Length
7
Scrabble
11
WWF
14
Starts
OP
Ends
SUM
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “OPOSSUM” Mean?
/əˈpɒsəm/
opossum has 2 documented senses across noun.
Noun
2 sensesScrabble Score
11
Letters
7
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
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Definition
small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails
Length
7 letters
Starts With
O
Ends With
M
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Letters
O, P, O, S, S, U, M
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆OPOSSUM has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆OPOSSUM is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆OPOSSUM can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆OPOSSUM contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABACCDE
CV Pattern
VCVCCVC
Vowel Share
43%
Consonant Share
57%
Bigrams
OP, PO, OS, SS, SU, UM
Trigrams
OPO, POS, OSS, SSU, SUM
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